From 7d22d2ec25c626ff45ed5c68bbcceb2e245bc4d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 10:23:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle exception on date format

---
 utils.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 0187f86ef..3ae51d9fa 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -47,8 +47,12 @@ def validPostDate(published: str, maxAgeDays=7) -> bool:
     daysDiff = datetime.datetime.utcnow() - baselineTime
     nowDaysSinceEpoch = daysDiff.days
 
-    postTimeObject = \
-        datetime.datetime.strptime(published, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    try:
+        postTimeObject = \
+            datetime.datetime.strptime(published, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ")
+    except BaseException:
+        return False
+
     daysDiff = postTimeObject - baselineTime
     postDaysSinceEpoch = daysDiff.days